The Sun. — London, England, 1809-09-16 00:00:00

COUtir OF CO.IIIION COUNCIL. evil; - .1 t. A. an instance Of the great revenues derive . .ed from the State, Mr. W. asserted that my Lord THE 11/13ILEt. Cestlereagh and his family, wilier) the last forty years, d had received upwards of three millions; caleulating Yesterday `a Ceurt sees 'convened 'by the tor ..r revenues at compound interest, a sum suf . thetfi- Nlayor, in conseqUence of a reqnisition signed by a Cient to have .carried on one of Queen Anne's number of Members to take into conSideratiOn the propriety of celebrating the ensuing eetli day of Oc - wars. Having made some general observations, Which have been often before the Public from the (ober, being the annivereary of his Majesty's eccea ' sion t o th e Thr one , and the day he enters the eoth same Gentleman's mouth, respeeling the waste of blood and treasure, he asked could the Hon. Bart. year of . his reign. ' ' after such a piClure as he had drawn, ask the After • some preliminary business had heed di.i, posed of, country to appoint a day of 'Jubilee and rejoicing.— . He again declared that tie had no objection to con- Alderman Sir Wreetem CURTIS rose to make twoo gratulate his Majesty in a decent Way by the mode motions upon the subjed, which was a duty he con= , 1 of Addres's ; but he 'could not forget the evils esived•to devolve upon him, as his name stood first . the country had suffered and were suf upon the list ot Gentlemen who signed the re . quiSi. I. 4.*lizincgli. It the Hon. Baronet could prevail apon the tion. As his object must be congenial to feelings of I. ''' ' i Lgrd Mayor to invite the Corporation to the Man - - every Briton, he. trailed he should obtain the un o, si ri-bonse to dine on turtle and venison-, to that he animous vote of that respeetable Court. Our. most 1 shosuld not object ; but to illuminate and to run into gracious and beloved Sovereign would ; the 25th bl . expences, when in fad the people were unable to pay next month, enter the last year of a long and a-err'_ I their assessed taxes, was too much. Mr. W. s t a t e d, torious reign 011)aq-a cc-minty —a circumstance which' of . thatin one parish only not lesS than 300 persons had occurred only once before in • the history this an led against the taxes, which they were c ie on s t t r o y tex that it would then be the wish of his salts- art-ea_._ assessed press, to give some public testimony of unable to pay. He concliided with reading an amend their glee . ion for his person, and admiration of his ; meat, declaratory of his sentiments of respeat for Public conduct and private virtues, could not be the sovereign, but condemning the system which doubted, whatever might be their Opinions upon po- had beets pursued since his accession to the throne. litical subjects, whether Whigs or Tories. The Sove- This amendment, however, Mr. W. did not press. reign had gratified the wishes of his people, in every . Mr. S. DICKSON, after pronouncing sortie very anie class of society, better than any o f his predecessors. Mated encomiums on :the private and domestic vire' When lie first a s cen d e d th e t h rone, h e gave assns . - tees of his Majesty, adverted, in equal terms of eue et antes of his fut u r e v i rtue , an d h e h a d never s i nce - logy, to the exercise of his more public fun ions; deviated from hie promise. The City o f L on d on i n i On meeting his first Parliament, after his accession_ particular had great reason to b e grat e ful to r many to the throne, he had made .the most grateful and acts of his government, for the energetic m easure , i ample professions, from which, during an uncorn .l he ad o p ted to suppress t h e co ef eetons l oillenteu moldy long and splendid reign, he bad in no instance by John Wilk e s, and his associates and a b et - e v e r deviated. Having read the Royal Speech to tors. The British arms by sea and land had obtained Parliament alluded to, in which his Majesty gloried - the most glotious successes, on many occasions, in intl name ' and birth-right of a Briton, he asked if Spain, , in and the pres e n t re i gn , in Egypt, in Italy,every profession exhibited in that speech with such patriotic and paternal solicitude, had not been most in Portugal, at the Nile, at Camper s l own, T rafalgar, religiensly kept.. What was there on the part of and many other places. Our military charatier was n m his Majesty, either as a man or a monarch, that .ot ore splendid at any former p e ri o d of our h i story Feeling these and other benefits derived bp* l e our); they were not bound to applaud and approve ?In 'try during so long•and pr u sp emous a period, I 1 rei ease • had he interfered with the rights of the tie present generation ought to leave posterity a piTes:l - people, and in no instance had he separated their ini• Of our gratitude and esteem. He was c on fid en t every ' terests from his own. In a reign happily of such ladrton present felt it, and h e therefore should not en- long duration, it was not to be wondered at if some rge upon the subjett, occurrences had taken place, that, either from their must be gratifying, not. only Such an exam le on our part over his Majesty's own own nature, or want of success, did not meet the dominions, but the whole world. character and ' approbation of all • but he deemed it unhandsome His Virtues to Strangers' on the part of the ' Hon. Gentleman who had pre 'wewere a subject of admiration ;butt . ought ceded him (Mr. Waithmana . to bring totward oft . to-feel it lunch more in proportion e continued to enjoys compiled with the . 'of Situationthe inhabitantshad occurred during the present reign, and which . roust ever, more or less, exist in a free country. Any whose governments had been subverted, and property destroyed, opposition made to the ineasteae now proposed, he He again assured the Court, that in move Most consider as originating in party motives, as ing the Resolutions he was actuated by ' no party.view or feeli ng .there was not a man in the whole kingdom, he was The RECORD U then . I • pu the following Results; . convinced, whodid not venerate the personal character tiebS :`,.". ' • of his Majesty, and who was not ready most core dully to co-opetate, on so unusual an occasion, id That this Court will celebrate the approaching A 'ir ' nary ot his Mrqesty's Accession to the Thr • nni • ela,t- any means of expressing their admiration and grail clone on the isth day of Ottobet next being Od a t : h11(11 -. 'tude. He wished to consider the question at wholly his majesty will enter the loth sear of his tne g — on which ' - That a Conunittee be appointed, coris % -n. • 1 unconnected with party; and as inertly embracing dermen, and a Lommoner out of each . Wl',,tin- ut all the Al- . , so favourable an opportunity of tending op their the best means ot carrying the said Resolute:l ld ' to "d e t er es o ,a sincere congratulations to the throne, expressive of it into 0 report then' opinion thereupon to this Cont. ! the pleasure and satisfaction they telt in so long and The shew of hands al)Peareal to be unanialuuS for Splendid a reign. The Hon. Gentleman had stated; the first Resolution ) when • that when his present Majesty came to the throne, Mr, WAITHMAN ea the cOnotry was free front all pecuniary embarrass . ve otrude ha b • d .on the Piessetl his unwillingness tie attention of th e C ou rt up on them; and tint of the seven or eight Millions of ane the present question ; but the Hon. Baronet had not Onal expenditure ) w 3.1 able to appropriate a milling prodeced any arguments to convince his mind of the towards a sinking fund, to liquidate the debt then propriety of the measure which i Was So anxious to contracted. This statement. he was ready rd admit + p.ropose. 14 —e was aware) that by o pp os i ng th e mo - I but would by tie meads admit the conclusion drawn tion, he should pl ace hi mse lf i n an au k wa rd s an e .- ' from it. Let the Gentleman look impartially At time t _ion, because he should not only render himself 1 circuinstanues of the country now; instead of one liable to misrepresentation, but he should Most cer- million, there were now above ei g ht millions an at t t n ) 1 y encounter it He could not perceive any I nually appropriated to the same purpose: it the ex - o er rational ob j ect which the Honourable Baronet ! pentliture of the country had increased, the means Mr. Iv had.. asserted that he had as moch loyalty : pf - affording that empereee had increased in an equal v a / s a lny es man prent ) but the way to shew timatioealty , Proportion. Could they contemplate the wonderful t • o Y preserving the principles of that Constitu- 1 events that had taken place in Europe within the last n b which. The t he Th rone.-- ceetlema our national Placed his Majesty on forty-nine years, and not • feel time most heart-felt Gentlem an th e situa." n then took a retrospective view of ; satisfaction arising from the view of, in '! of public affairs when his Majesty as- : dependence and prosperity ?—(lfear! Hear ! the )-e-Dur ceneee , m Throne, which he contrasted with the ' ing that period,' almost every state in Europe had present situation of' the Country.—At the former : been overturned. A tyranny ; unexampled in its periodas the Country had a Chatham at the helm e• power and extent, had pervaded, within the last :20 . -in peace—had gained great acquisitions—was : years e the whole Continent, and destroyed every en stria alliance•i.vith • eve,aal of the Powers of tire ! thing Continent, and althou g h s at the conclusion 'of an -) deed sesnerable by antiquity, while in' the mean expensive war, the annual expenditure the • time we were not only equal, but superior to those of court- : try our was not more than seven millions atpresent daring' invaders; while we etrjoyed our name and annual expenditure is seventy ' — ' '. " ancient rights an d privileges unimpaired. In so flat ity millions. Ihe a.. increased am • and . amount of expenditure Mr. NV. attri- tering a retrospeti,there no room, he asked. Was teet to the system r fur congratulation, or were we to prefer the language and sti ecommended by Lord Bute, ill pursued, which he of gloom and condolence, to feelings of comfort and termed diseraceful to the country. Fro W. the Att . _ m . these topics Mr. W. adverted to of the gratitede ? He. was, a friend to the liberty °I bentacenc press, atm wetild deprecate any means to abridge that of his Al •-. e noticed hy the Hou. Bart. eat of the c, ajesty's rendering the Judges independ- teat invaluable blessing ; but what were they to ow n ; and bere he was ready to admit, thirds oft ,nice who availed themselves of that liber that if the see •an d L- • urity floppiness of the country ty to discourage and depress the spirits of the coon were to depend on his Majesty's private virtues, the try, by indulging in' dark and gloomy speculations, people could not have- a better security. But he and by manufacturing paragraphs in the public prints, hoped that there was too much nea I .ependen ce i n th e i that. were only calculated to create discontent. He country to need swell a dependence as en the virtues regretted that certain Gentlemen present, whom, of any Prince. The independenee of the Judi however, he was always glad to see in their places, ** as the effect of the exxi twos 01 Mr. Witk, s , ' ooly too much followed this' pernicious example. and n o t. t h e spontaneous act of his M a j es ty, i During the whole of the present reign, he contend fur in the endeavours -to crii;ll that person ' ed the liberties of the subject bad been most sacredly t they had d one an essential service to their coup- attended to. The rights of the Crown had been so r i a :/ n , ts byproduci ug t h e declaration that General War- explicitly defined, indeed, that it might be said of were un ceustitutional M W• i tistuan then -it, as to the waves of the sea, by the plastic arm of Om noticed the depri v i . ' r. a ng Mr. Wilkes of his seat in Par- nipotence, "hitherto shalt thou go, but no farther." liament, although eleetekl b • 1 In such circumstances, would any man say that of Middl esex. lie ) the voice of the county . here read the Address of the our rights had been invaded, or that England Corporation on gen , occasion. rh ese r unconstitutional was not time land of liberty ? Was there a country measures were time works of thethen in this resped in time whole world equal to our Toplace the co Administration. country in security would be reverting own, or was there a country where they could en to the vid system previous to the b re introduction of that Joy the same freedom of debate, and extent of lan of Bute. To spew true loyalty it was necessar to pro- . guage , that they at that moment ex er c ised unde r the teat the principles whi c h seated his Majesty on t h e auspices of a Constitution, that bad been not only throne; for he never knew a man that was not rotten at cherished, but defended, confirmed, and improved, time core, who had not some narrow selfish principl e during the present illustrious reign_? It was anim a bottom, in supporting the sy stem which had be en cessary,for him, however, tldweil long on , the sub pursued during the present reign. MoWaithman de- jea. What had been stated by . the 'worthy Alder clared, that he could tell a lamentable tale ebout Swe- man, in submitting the motion to their consideration, • den. The Revolution in that country had been brought ' • stood , as yet uncontradieted, notwithstanding the about by the Administratio n o f t hi s cautery. If beef I' warmth of opposition discovered by the Honourable ' Government had really any anxiety about the fib er _ I Gentleman. With respect to the independence of ties of the people of any toreign state ' they mu s t 1 the-Judges, he certainly admitted that this was an not protect the ancient tyrannies. Delusion was act of the Legislature; but did not the King form a the word with both factions at home ; for those in j branch of that Legislature, and wan not the mea s ure Vi and out of power were - quarrelling f or the emolu- adopted M consequence of a recommendation from meats of office. It was easy to see that ; their Prints the Thr&se ? One of the Judges at the time, it had t Mr. Alderman ,GoninEttEßE snpr , rted t} mo tion, but - thought .it more probable tieir tl.e Baronet had declared his indifference. fc. , Mir been said, was removed, alluding no doubt to Lord Camden, who Was then Lord Chancellor, but there was no reason- for ascribing this circumstance to the motive resorted to by the Hon. Gentleman, as it was well known that it was by no means unusual for the Lord Chancellor to go out on the appointment 'Of a new Administration, of which they had had, both before and since, no want of instances. The manner of celebrating the day in question, and the expences attending that celebration, were all matters of subse quent arrangement, and tOrrned at present no part of thequestion. The question now to be determined is, whether you will celebrate or not the 25th of 06to ber, as a period that must ever be conneded with the grandeur of this country, and which may not occur again in the lapse of many centuries ? This was the question now under consideration, and he hoped, for the credit and honour of the City, the Hon. Gentle man would withdraw his 'opposition, and permit it to be carried unanimously. Mr. JAcis was of opinion, that the occasion was 'Of a nature that required some demonstration of their Sentiments and feelings, in whatever way they might think . Most proper to express them. He regretted that's.° much had been 'said on the political events of the pre s ent reign, arid the sUbjeal orVarious Strat!ons, as he conceived that to ,be an improper mode of viewing the present question. If they di retied their attention, however, for a moment to the history of the Tudors and the Stuarts, and recolleCted the Ways of raising money that were frequently re sorted to in Utak times; they would leel every reason to be gratefUl for °or present improved circum stances. At the present moment, the Constitution subsisted in. as great purity, he conceived; as at the time of the Revolution, and in no instance has his present Majesty irttroached on the rights of his tub jeas; or exercised the influence of the Crown, with•• out a view to the prOsperity and happiness of the people. During a long reign, too, he had uniformly shewn himself the patron and encOurager of the fine arts and sciences: At an early period 'of his reign; the Society for Sculpture and Painting was institut ed ; Agriculture had alSo been much improved; and; by his Rovalexampie, had become as fashionable as it was laudable. Discoveries of almost every .de scription., and of the most useful tendeney; particu larly in the ariou's branches of chemistry, and the. wonderful application of 'Machinery to Manufac; tures, on which our. 'national prosperity so much de pended, had distinguished this reign from every other that had preceded it; Princes, from their ex alted Stations, were exposed Id more powerful ternr tations than men in the other walks of life but ne ver had even the bleat!) of calumny reached the pure and upright character of the present Sovereign. Under these circumstances , he thought no man could oppose the motimi, unless aetuated by party motives., which, he ttustedi would not be-permitted to operate on this occasion. Mr. Alderman C. Sethi could not look 'around him, and see the many unhappy revolutions that had lately taken place in Europe, without feeling it a duty to present their sincele sentiments of gra titude and respect to the Throne on so particular an occasion. They had only to icaik at the situation of other countries to be sensible of the 'value of their own. As a prout of their superiority in a commercial and money point Of view; a bill on London wat negmiable in &cry quarter of thy world. 4-, Under the iMpression of a speedy change. Mr. Deputy KEMBLE - also spoke in favoUr of the motion.—The Resolutions were theh Severally read; and carried unanimously. The Court was crowded dhrit the whole discus sloe, which continued till near four o'clock. The Corporation of Dublin have determined on a plan of celebrating the Jubilee of the .25zh of October next, according to which they are' to at tend Christ Church in state, and to have a grand dinner afterwards in the Rotunda. A grand fire- wo. kto be displayed in Stephen's-green, and the Citizens tote Called upon to manifest their loyalty by illu minations, bonfires, and transparencies.. A sub -scription is also to be opened for the purpose of ereaing an equestrian Statue of his Majesty. An order reached Portsmouth yesterday,. for the whole of the topper bottomed transports, assembled at Shithead, to proceed with the Ajax man of war, (which takes convoy to the Mediterranean) to Lisbon. 44 Some passengers arrived yesterday from Bilboa, who state, that when they were of the port of San tona, they heard a loud discharge of artillery in that diredion. -It is highly probable that General BAL• LAsT4RoS, who has so lately re-occupied Santander, was .endeavouring to , acquire possession of the com modious harbour of Santona, when the report of cannon was heard in that neighbourhood. Letters have' been received from Embden to the 7th inst. A rumour prevailed that BUONAI'ARTE was seriously indisposed at Vienna. = At a late hour on Thursday tight, Lord KITZRO'i SOMERSET left town tbr Plymouth, to embark in a fast sailing vessel for Lisbon, with dispatches for Lord WELLINGTON. Lord DALHOUSIE, and several Officers of rank, ar rived in town yesterday morning from Flushing.—• Their report of the number of sick, and of the na. ture of the disease which affiitis our troops in the Island of Walcheren, is far less dispiriting than fray that has lately been received. The violence of the fever had much abated ; and as its chatatier began to be better understood, a more appropriate and eth cacious mode of treatment has been adopted. Our Engineers were employed in planning fortifi-. 'cations, and in putting the Island in the best posture of defence. No apprehensions were entertained from it coup de main on the part of the enethy. ' Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, the Duke of KENT, Ptiucesses AUGUSTA and SoiquA, accompa nied by the Earl of PlncounT, Lady 'ELY, the Hon. Mr. G. VILLERS, General FITt ROY, and Co lonel TAYLOR, took their usual ride in Windsor Park, and returned to the Palace at 12 o'clock. The QUEEN and Princess Euzaßeim took an airing to Frogmore yesterday. Yesterday Mr. JOSEPH POETT obtained his Di ploma, and . was admitted a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, after und3rgoing the usual, but necessary examination. Yesterday many private frietids of the proprietors were admitted to a view of the stew Theatre in Co- Vent-Garden, but the workmen were so much in terrupted, that no more are to be introduced till the whole is finished. It has . a very beautital interior, and is altogether,.perhapt, the most convenient struc ture of the'kind that has ever been seen. To the honotir of Mr. Smut ILE, jun. it must be said, that he has fully equalled the warmest expeCiations of his friends, and will doubtless far exceed those of the public in general. THE THEATRE.—The season concluded at the Hay-market Theatre last night with The Foundling of the Forest, and _Killing. no Murder; and notwith standing the unlucky disputes between the Proprie tors, which we hope will at length be amicably ad justed, the Public has been gratified by dramatic no velties, and the Performances have been characterized by correctness and ability. At the conclusion of the Play, Mr. YOUNG addressed the audience in the fol lowing terms L ADI ES AND GENTLEMKN—The limits of the theatri cal season, on this spot, do not extend beyond to-night ; and I beg leave, at the desire of the Proprietors, to offer you their most grateful thanks for that patronage with which you have honoured them during the summer. It has ever been the anxious study of the present Managers to obtain your fa vour ; and they trust that their future exertions will prove them not unworthy of its continuance. " The Performers, Ladies and Gentlemen, join their sin cerest acknowledgments, to those of the Proprietors ; and we tespeafullybid you farewell." Accounts have been received of the death of the Hon. HENRY NEVILLE, Captain in the 14th Light Dragoons, and second son of Lord BRA' BROOKE ; he died at Santa Cruz, near Truxillo, in Spain, on the 2.lst of August, in the 22d year of his age. He had escaped unhurt at the battle of Talavera, but fell a victim to a fever brought on by extreme fatigue. Yesterday the Spanish Shepherds, who arrived with the sheep lately brought from Spain, set out on their return to that country, in order, it is sup posed, to convey some more of that valuable breed to England. A Latter from Constantinople, dated the 9th of l June, states, that the Ports of the Seven Islands have become the rendezvous of a great number of the enemy's privateers, which have thus been offered an orinort unity of committing great depredations on our Mediterranean tsade. Yesterday a iksere, battle was fought in Five-fields, Chelsea, betos e „, A ft. boatman, known on the River by the name of smart Jemmy, and a stout coal-heaver named Willis, for ten guineas a side. Willis was Mr. GRIFFITHS observed, that no man was more I the favourite at starting, and continued so for up accustomed to speak his mind freely on political sub wards of half an hour; at the end of that time, jetts than he was, but on this occasion he did not however, be received a blow under the throat tip, think the question of a political nature, and would wrsich laid him senseless ; he continued in that most cordially support it. He had heard no satis state some tune, and on his recovery declined the faCtory argument against the motion. All it pro. posed was, to declare to his Majesty how happy we l contest. Thursday last an extraordinary feat was per were to have him so long among us, and to render formed on the road hetWeen Sleaford and Lincoln. the evening of his days As pleasant to him as pos- A yours& man name&Dawson, a waiter at the White sible. I Lion, in Stieaford, fora wager, trundled a hoop from Mr. Alderman WOOD opposed the motion on tilt) that place to Lincoln; without once letting 4 - ft4rto same ground he had refused to sign the requisition. the ground or tench his body. The distance i 3 17 It was too much the habit to send up whining and miles, over hilly and otherwise :unfavourable road ; contemptible Addresses, and they had lately seen yet he performed the task in three hours and a half. how they had been treated by some of his Majesty's Considerable bets 'were depending. Ministers. He gave the worthy Baronet credit for WEXFORD, SEPT. 10.—We have had a very Svet saying that lie drd not- care a farthing for any Ad harvest in this neighourhood, and the rainy wan d s ss ministration, for be had since taken the liberty of still continues. We understand that Sir Josats3 whispering to bis ear, that he had learned, from, BANKS has, by order of his MAJESTY, presented alse good authority, that Mr. Perceval had last Sunday Rey. Mr. B. DeoLey with some of the Me!tio tendered his resignation to his Majesty, of which I sheep lately arrived from Spain, for the improve.. circumstance the worthy Baronet appeared to have ment of the breed in the West of Ireland.—(tVez , been quite ignorant. ford Pope? .) Mr. D.4Awiti:Atr Stated; that if he. concelVed the admission of the present question implied either the support or approbation of. Ministers, he would cer tainly withhold his concurrence; but viewing it as he did, unconnected with any political or party •question, he was ready to give it his support, and the more so, when he recolieded that such an oc currence might not again talte plaCe : for a thousand years. The practice, ,besides, was not without pre cedent, and it 'would be extremely invidious, he thought, to omit it on thiS occasion. .The manner of celebrating the day was the only thing, he thought, that remained to be arranged. With respect to the long period of war during the present reign, the peo pleot England, he thought; were more to be blamed than Ministers.: nor did he think it fair to .throW an odium.on the whole reign- from any particular occurrences. Mr. WArrnm4* stated; that it was his intention to have certain documentS be had before alluded to, ii read to the Court, as they were calculated to prove the justice of all he had advanced. He denied, at the same time, that he was actuated by any party motives; or any Want of respeat to his Majesty, whose private virtues he could appreciate as much as any mans for these virtues, he was ready to snake every allowance;• but must declare, that dur ing no reign had greater calamities ever befallen the nation; and tli?.t no King had ever been more im posed on by evil Counsellors. He then moved, that the several documents alluded to be read by the Clerk of the Court ; which, alter some oppogition from Mr. Dixon and Sir William Curtis', was ac ceded to. The first was the Address to his Majesty from the City of London, congratulating him on his accession io the Throne , the second was an Address from the City to his Majesty in 1770, on the question respecting Mr. Wilkes.; and another Address sent up in• 1776. Mr. CROOK saw no occasion for lugging in politics on this occasion. His Majesty was a good man, and a good King—(Hear ! hear !)—and he hoped the question would be earlied without farther dis cussion.